Package Express, Inc. operates a small package delivery service in the Jacksonville suburbs. If the company uses a regression equation to forecast total operating costs, the coefficient of the equation's independent variable would correspond to the:
A) variable operating cost per delivery.
B) fixed operating costs.
C) number of deliveries.
D) total variable operating costs.
E) total operating costs.

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The Answer of Package Express, Inc. operates a small package delivery service in the Jacksonville suburbs. If the company uses a regression equation to forecast total operating costs, the coefficient of the equation's independent variable would correspond to the:
A) variable operating cost per delivery.
B) fixed operating costs.
C) number of deliveries.
D) total variable operating costs.
E) total operating costs.